30 Sep 2019 --- Salt available via retailers and salt shakers in restaurants should both carry a front-of-pack, tobacco-style health warning, according to The World Hypertension League and an assortment of health bodies. In a position statement published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, lead author Dr. Norm Campbell notes that it is time for a more hard-hitting approach to dietary salt reduction. “Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death globally and excess salt consumption is the biggest culprit, estimated to cause over three million deaths globally in 2017,” he notes.
